Wilhelm Schneckenburger

Wilhelm Schneckenburger (30 March 1891-14 October 1944) was a General der Infanterie of Nazi Germany who commanded the XVII Armeekorps during World War II.

Biography
Wilhelm Schneckenburger was born on 30 March 1891 in Tuebingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, German Empire. He joined the Imperial German Army in 1909 and served in World War I before rising in the ranks of the Wehrmacht. At the start of World War II, he fought in the invasion of Poland, and he was the commander of the German 125th Infantry Division and later the XVII Armeekorps. On 14 October 1944 he was killed by low-flying Soviet Air Force planes that strafed him during the Belgrade Offensive.